Can-pouring apparatus



June 24, 1930. L. BEMELMANS 1,767,504

CAN POURING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 51, 1.928

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Patented June 24, 1930 Lmaar BEMELMANS, or main, rnomna OAN-POUBING APPARATUS Application filed. October-81, 1988. lerial lio. 818,323.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for pouring liquids from cans.

Objects Among the principal objects which the invention has in view are :-To provide means for pouring the contents of a can; to. produce a pouring apparatus for firm, detachable disposition on the can in service; to

- equip the apparatus with prongs for driv- Drawings ing ap ara-tus embodying this invention ap-' plied t ereto.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of the can and apparatus. Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of a fragment of the apparatus, taken as on line 33 of Figure 1'.

Figure at is a sectional elevational vlew taken as on the line 41- 1 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of an element of *the construction.

Figure 6 is an elevational view, partly in section, and showing a modlfied eta11 of construction.

Figure 7 is a sectional elevational V16W as on line 77 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a side elevational view of a can with a. modified pouring apparatus being applied thereto.

Description The pouring apparatus in these figures Figure 1 is a plan view of a can and pour comprises a narrow bar, 13, which is bent at one end to form the handle, 14. The narrow bar carries two prongs, 15 and 16,'which are arranged to punch out holes in the top of a can with the holes arranged diametrical? opposite each other. Each prong ma be ormed as shown in Figures 3 and 4, wit a pointed end 17, and an inclined opening or aperture 18, open at the top and at the bottom. The handle 14 is formed by bending the material of the bar 13 back on itself and the end 19 of the handle is adapted to snap beneath the upper bead 11 when the apparatus is applied to the can. In practice, the apparatus is laid on top of the can and pressed down so that the prongs are driven into the body of the to of the {can until the end 19 of the hand e snaps under the head 11.

Means are provided for covering or uncovering the tops of the a ertures 18 of the prongs at will. In the pre erred form of the invention disclosed, this means takes the form of a sliding cover 20 which is centrally pivoted as by a rivet 21 to the bar 13 so as to be swung on the pivot to cover or uncover the tops of the apertures 18. The slide is provided with a stop 22 which cooperates with the bar and serves as a means to prevent the slide from being swung past its closing position.

It will be seen that,by swinging the slide to uncover the tops of the apertures, the contents of the can may be poured through either one of the apertures, the other acting as a means to admit air to the interior of the can as it is emptied. The prong 16 with its aperture 18 preferably serves to permit the pouring, and, consequently, the end 23 of the bar 13 is curved up as shown in Figure 2 and channeled somewhat to form a pouring spout for the device. The pouring may be accomplished whenever theslide 20 is moved back to uncover the tops of the apertures 18. When the can is not being poured, the slide 20 is moved back into the covering position and over the tops of the apertures. This prevents contamination of the contents of the can through the apersanitary adjunct to the '10 but may be formed separately, if preferred,

and, in fact, the construction may be va-' ried and altered to any desired form.

The ron shown in Figures 3 and ii are equippe with the conventional pointe 1 ends and with oblique apertures, but in lieu of this construction the pron s 25 in Figures 6 and 7 may be used. hese prongs have only a single beveled edge 26 which is slightly concaved and which brin the prong to a finely tapered wedge-s aped int. The aperture 27 which extends through the prong is, in this case, vertical,

and not inclined, as in Figures 3 and 4.

Either form of prong may be employed and the form selected is a matter of choice.

F' re 8 of the drawings discloses a modification wherein the pourin portion of the apparatus is constructed slig tly'difl'erently.

. Here, the ouring end of the bar has a 80 hook 28 which carries the prong 29 in transverse disposition so as to punch a hole in the side of the can near the top thereof just beneath the bead 11 of the can 10. Here, also, the pouring aperture 30 extends transversely through the prong and hook and its top end terminates on the top of the bar 13* and is covered by the slide 20, when not in use for pouring. The slide is constructed similarly to the slide of the first modification, and the bar is also provided with a handle, as in the first modification. The prong 15 for striking out the air opening in the top of the can is also similar to the air prong of the first modification. T The apparatus disclosed by virtue of the simplicity of construction and effectiveness of operation is a considerable improvement of apparatus previously employed for the same or similar purposes. The apparatus is entirely of metal, of few parts, is. strong, durable and sturdy; is sanitary and does not contaminate the can contents.

While I have described specific details of the invention, various s'hght alterations may be made therein without departing from the invention or from the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

An apparatus of the class described compris' a bar, means for applying the bar to the top of a can in service, prongs associated with the bar and adapted to punch out holes in the can when the bar is aplied thereto, said prongs having openings 66 or communicating with the interior of the 7 can, said openings opened to the outer air, means for covenng and uncovering the open ends of the openings at will said means comprising a 8 'de pivoted to the bar between the p gs for ivotal movem t relative to the bar. p on LAMPERT BEMELMANS. 

